Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03
shall direct,

| the party COM laluluS, Ut lQkO
court to abide the ultimate decision of
| the court, or into the treasury; and pay
ment thereof may, without prejudice to
any other mode OF recovering the same,
| be enforced by attachment or order in the
nature OF writ of execution, in like
manner as If the same had en recovered
| by a final decree in personam in such
court. When the subject in dispute shall
be of the value of $1,000 or more, either
party to such proceeding before said
court may appeal TO to the supreme court
of the United States, under the same reg
ulxtions now provided by law in respect
| Of security for such appeal; but such ap-
peal shall not operate to stay or
supercede the order of the
court or the execution of any
| writ or process thereon; and
such court may, in every such matter,
| order the payment of such costs and
counsel fees as shall be deemed reason
able Whenever any such petition shall
be filed or presented by the commission
| it shall be the duty OF the district attor-
ney, under the direc ion of the attorney
general of the United States, to prose-
cute the same; aud the costs and eX-
penses OF such prosecution shall be paid
out OF the appropriation for the expenses
of the courts of the Uuited Safes. For
the purposes of this act, excepting its
penal provisions, the circuit courts of the
United States shall be deemed to be al
ways IN session.
MANNER OF CONDUCTING BUSINESS.
Sec. II. That the commission may con-
duct its proceedings in such manner as
will best eonduce to the proper dispatch
of business and to the ends # justice. A
majority of the comm ssion shall
Constitute quorum for the
transaction of business, but no
commissioner shall participate in
any hearing or proceeding in which he
mas any pecaniary int est. Said COM
mission may from time to time make or
amend such genera rules or orders as
may be requisite for the order aud regu-
lation of proceedings before it, including
forms of uoticrs and the service thereof,
which shall conform, as nearly as may be.
o those in use in the courts OF the
United States. Any party may apps ar
before said commission and DE heard IN
p rs N or by attorney. Every vote and
of1i:isl acs of the commission shall be en-
tered of record, and its proceedings shall
be public upon the request of either party
interested. Said commission shall have
an official seal, which shsll be judicially
noticed. Either of the members of the
commission may administer oaihs snd az
1rmstions.
SALARIES, ETC, OF COMMISSIONERS.
Sec. Is. That each commissioner shall
receive an annual salary Of $500, pay
able in the same manner as the salaries
OF judges of the courts OF the United
States. The commission shall appolgt
secretary, who shall receive an annual
salary OF $500, payable in like manner.
The commission shall have authority to
employ and fix the compensation of such
other employees as it may find necessary
to the proper performance OF its duties,
subject to the approval OF the secretary
Of the interior.
The commission shall be furnished
by the secretary of the interior with suit
able offices and all necessary Off sup
plies. Witnesses summoned before the
commission shall be paid the same fees
and mileage that are paid witnesses in the
courts of the United States.
All of the expenses of the commission,
including all necessary XDenses for trans
portstI0n incurred by the commissioners,
or by heir employees under their orders,
in IN aking any Investigation in any other
places than in the city OF Washington,
snail be allowed and paid, on the presenta-
ton of itemiZed vouchers therefor ap-
proved BY the chairman of the commission
and the secretary Of the interior.
Sec. 1s That the principa Office of the
commission shall be In the city OF Wash
ington, where It's general sessions shall be
held; out whenever the convenience OF
the public or of the parties may be pro-
NOTED or delay or expense prevented
thereby, the commission may hold spe-
cial sessions in any part OF the United
States. 1t may, by one or nore OF the
commissioners, prosecute any inquiry
necessary to its duties, in any part of the
United States, into any matter or question
of fact pertaining TO the business of any
common carrier subject to the provisions
of this act.
ANNUAL REPORTS FROM RAILROADS
Sec. 20 That the commission is hereby
authorized to require annual reports
from all common carriers subject
to the provisions CT this act,
to tx the time and prescribe
the manner in whica such reports shall
be made, and to require from such car
riers specific answers 10 al questions
upon which the commission may need in
formation. Such annual reports shall
show in detail the amount OF clpI.el stock
issued, the amounts paid therefor, and
the manner of payment Tor the same; the
dividends paid, the surplus fund if coy,
and the numoer of stockholders; the
funded and fJatlng debts and the interest
pail thereon; the cpst ald value II the
carriers property, franchises, and equip
ment; the number of employees and the
salaries paid each class; the amounts ex-
pended for improvements each year, how
expended, and the character of such i'm
provements; the earnings and receipts
from each branch of business and from
all sources; the operating and other ex-
penses; the balances of profit and loss;
and complete exhibit of the financial
operations of the carrier each year, in
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